Florissant vs Wildwood

A side-by-side comparison of Florissant and Wildwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Florissant and Wildwood are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Florissant has the higher population (51,915 vs 35,168 in Wildwood). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($157,750 vs $66,344 in Florissant). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $136,200 in Florissant).

Population, income & housing

	Florissant	Wildwood
Population	51,915	35,168
Median age	37.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,344	$157,750
Median home value	$136,200	$472,800
Median gross rent	$1,259	$1,575
Housing units	23,221	13,380
Homeownership rate	66.5%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florissant	Wildwood
Population	51,455 → 51,915 (+0.9%)	35,459 → 35,168 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,978 → $66,344 (+20.7%)	$135,202 → $157,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $136,200 (+39.5%)	$378,000 → $472,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,259 (+21.8%)	$1,210 → $1,575 (+30.2%)

Florissant

Population

51,45551,915

Median household income

$54,978$66,344

Median home value

$97,600$136,200

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,259

Wildwood

Population

35,45935,168

Median household income

$135,202$157,750

Median home value

$378,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florissant	Wildwood
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	5.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.5%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florissant	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	82.8%
Black or African American	42.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florissant	Wildwood
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florissant	Wildwood
Drove alone	79.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	22.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florissant	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	78.7%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Florissant	Wildwood
Poverty rate	9.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1963	1992